Friday, March 11, 2011

Pecan Bread.....

Louis Dean made some tasty Pecan Bread recently.....and it is delicious! He was a baker for Mrs. Baird's, Rainbow, Wonder Bread Bakery as well as Safeway. This came after he was a baker in the army. He LOVES to bake! And he manages to do it every chance he gets.....even though he has heart disease and is not supposed to eat many carbs. Every time I leave town for any reason....he heads straight to the kitchen!

One time my sisters, Mother and I drove to Alabama. He made 300 cinnamon rolls for a fundraiser at Home Depot! It took me 4 HOURS! to clean the kitchen. Have you figured out he is not a neat and tidy kind of guy?

Last weekend I was gone so he did as many things as possible he had been itching to get at! Like taking the camper shell off his truck....getting a load of sandy loam soil.....unloading it (but NOT spreading it out smooth in the areas he dumped it!) and putting the camper shell back on! I asked him when he levels off the piles of dirt around the place if he could smooth the ones where his wheel barrow tipped over and the dirt is still as it was (months later) where it fell out!

He also BAKED BREAD! I usually stop at the Collin Street Bakery when I am on I45 and buy Pecan Bread. He has been boasting he could make it better. He may well have. He certainly made it BIGGER!
I have several loaves in the freezer! AND I did not discover that he had been baking until the day after I returned home. He is learning to clean up pretty well when he is wanting to hide the evidence! I found one small piece of dough stuck to the mixer cord when I pulled it out to clean the counter. Not bad at all!!

Pecan Bread

2 1/4 tsp. yeast

1/4 c. warm water

1 c. milk

1/4 c. sugar

2 T shortening

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp salt﻿

3 c. flour plus 1 more cup

1 c. pecans, chopped fine

Put yeast in warm water. Let stand. Put milk, sugar, and shortening in a pan and heat until melted.

I am passionate about being a Homemaker! My husband and I share the love of all things warm and cozy and enjoy the simple pleasures a home affords...the beauty of gardening and the joy of bird watching....sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine and a good book....planting flowers and vegetables and thrilling to the sight of real produce! I like redeeming things....turning old blue jeans into denim quilts...taking cast offs and making them useful in new and interesting ways. I love being able to show hospitality to others by sharing my home for a lunch, a visit, a meal, a movie! Hopefully I am a life long LEARNER and continue to grow as a person even into the fall and winter seasons of my life!